Key stories

India cyber feels reinsurance capacity pinch

March 20 2024

Indian firms are clamouring for cyber cover but international reinsurers remain wary of deploying capacity.

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APAC insurers eye SMEs in next phase of embedded growth

March 15 2024

SMEs, high-value products, cyber, and product innovation are in industry's crosshairs, but embedded fatigue is a concern.

Insurers seek to balance short-term and long-term fixes to Australia’s affordability crisis

March 12 2024

Long-term solutions can be costly but quick fixes should not be allowed to eclipse them.

Insurance industry gender pay gap persists in APAC; Australia leading regional peers

March 8 2024

But despite Australia's strong international performance, finance and insurance is second worst sector domestically, as insurance and superannuation gap widens in last three years.

Beyond ‘death insurance’: firms look to tech to improve life and health products

March 6 2024

Harvesting app data will enable carriers to design tailored products with lower loss ratios and more granular pricing.

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Nuanced underwriting and rapid adaption key to meeting surge in EV demand

March 5 2024

New risks, abundance of data, lack of service technicians, and telematics are pushing industry to adopt new underwriting approaches.

Singapore braces for surge in cyber insurance as prices stabilise

February 27 2024

Tighter rules for data centres may incentivise greater uptake of cyber cover.

Parametric agriculture insurance faces distribution hurdles in Asia

February 21 2024

Indemnity insurance fraud and problems with the bancassurance model mean creative approaches to distributing parametric insurance are needed.

Insurance industry calls for Beijing engagement to help curb Red Sea attacks

February 15 2024

China and Hong Kong may be enjoying preferential insurance pricing, but supply chain risk is still a danger.

Transitional measures give Korean insurers time to strengthen balance sheets

February 14 2024

Korean insurers capital ratios are 20% stronger thanks to transitional measures introduced by regulators, but these have a limited timespan.

CPS 230 means increasing focus on cyber risk for Australian insurers

February 8 2024

Insurers will need to focus on fourth and fifth party outsourcing as part of the new APRA standard.

India braces for new entrants to its onshore reinsurance market

February 7 2024

Regulators have been travelling overseas to tout the country's strengths as a fast-growing place to do business.

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